Committee calls for robust cross-departmental anti-poverty strategy to tackle growing problem Ministers have no clear plans to tackle rising child poverty, while a lack of focus and leadership has hindered efforts to reduce the numbers of youngpeople living in hardship, a cross-party group of MPs has said. The House of […]
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Production at factories in Teesside and Cheshire will resume after government offers financial help What caused the UK’s energy crisis? Ministers have reached a deal to restart carbon dioxide (CO2) production at a factory on Teesside in an effort to ease fears of food shortages. The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, […]
Earthquake near Mansfield shakes buildings across Melbourne, with some reports of damage. This blog is now closed Major earthquake in Victoria rocks south-east Australia 3.39am BST Well, that was an exciting and slightly scary morning. We are going to close this blog here, but you can continue to follow any […]
PM’s warning to world’s richest countries comes amid suggestions US could commit more funds Boris Johnson has warned the world’s rich countries that “history will judge”, if they fail to act now to tackle the climate crisis, as US climate envoy John Kerry suggested President Biden was poised to commit […]
PM plays down prospects for a breakthrough as he prepares to head to the White House Boris Johnson hailed Joe Biden’s decision to lift the US travel ban on Monday as he prepared to head to the White House, but said progress on a post-Brexit trade deal was unlikely, because […]
France seeks EU support to delay deal as punishment after Australia cancelled £48bn submarine contract France is seeking to enlist European Union support to delay a planned EU-Australia trade deal, as part of a plan to punish Australia for what it regards as serial deceit and subterfuge by Canberra before […]
Senior Tories say thousands face ‘very, very difficult’ winter due to rising living costs and cut to universal credit Hundreds of thousands of Britons face a “very, very difficult” winter thanks to rising household costs, No 10 has been warned, as firms said the energy price shock could trigger a […]
Email to people who worked for British forces and seek relocation to UK mistakenly made addresses visible to all recipients The Ministry of Defence has apologised and launched an investigation into a data breach that has “needlessly put lives at risk” by revealing the email addresses of more than 250 […]
Business secretary says he will let small suppliers go bust to protect consumers from higher prices Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, will hold an emergency summit with gas industry chiefs on Monday morning in an effort to contain the fallout caused by soaring market prices on consumers and businesses. Mid-level […]
The biggest night in television promises to be one of the most competitive in years with The Queen’s Gambit, I May Destroy You, The Crown and Mare of Easttown battling it out 3.46am BST The Ted Lasso Twitter account is living, laughing and loving the night away Winning is fun, […]